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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES WRIGHT, OF FINDLAY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TOYEATMAN BIOKHAM, OF SAME PLACE.

STAND-PIPE DRIER FOR SHAFTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,756, dated February1'7, 1880.

Application filed January 3, 1880.

.To all whom it may concern:

invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part I of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 3 shows amodification inconstruction of the device. Fig. 4. is

y a detail, showing shaft ready to be put on the stand-pipe.

The present invention is designed to afford an easy and convenient meansfor drying wooden shafts, poles, or any other like device or articleafter they have been bent into the desired shape or form; and thenovelty consists more particularly in the general detail of theconstruction of the device, all as will now be more fully and in detailset out and expl ai ned.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes a pipe of any. desired size andshape,and so adapted and fixed by means of frame or support B asto standat an incline of any desired angle. Connected to this pipe at each sideare the hollow arms a, of which any required number maybe used. The armsshould have their upper surface rounded. The pipe A may have at itslower end a collar, B, to insure its steadiness, and is connected in anyconvenient way or manner with a steam or any other heater. The shaft 0or other article havingbeen steamed or otherwise damp ened, and thenbenton a cold form, is fitted over thebent end or heel with a metallicstrap,

(1, firmly secured thereto, and having the rod 0 hooked across from theend of the shaft-heel to its body, the said rod forming a chord to theare made by the bentheel. In this condition the shaft end is so placedupon the arm a that the inside of the curve of the bent heel shall restupon the rounded upper face of a, while the rod 6 passes below. Whenthere are several side pipes a and any considerable number of shafts aredrying at the same time, their bodies will lap over and rest on eachother. The heat radiating. from stand-pipe A and its side arms is mostadvantageously directed to the bent parts, as well as to the bodies ofthe shafts, 8:0. This device is easily made and adapted for use, and isvery effective, rapid, and thorough in its work.

If desired, the mere shape of the drier can be varied in many ways,as byhaving a double incline to the pipe A, or by making the drier ofgas-pipe, in whole or in part, as is, in a very general way, shown inFig. 3, and in many other ways and forms.

To insure a free circulation of the heat through the stand-pipe, I mayadapt any ordinary or suitable means.

I am aware that heating devices having nozzles or forms for dryinghollow articles, such as wearingapparel, have before been used, andtherefore do not claim such.

Having thus described my invention, what I consider new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The inclined stand pipe drier A, having hollow arms or lateralextensions a, rounded upon the upper surface, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

WM. M. SoU'rHER, JOHN APPLss.

